Food & Beverage News: Domestic Events - FF&B conference to be held on July 29-30 in Mumbai

Fi Conferences, one of the leading exhibition & business conferences organisers across the world, has organised Functional Food & Beverage FF&B conference. The national convention will take place on July 29-30, 2010, at the Leela Kempinski in Mumbai.

In India, functional foods are a fast growing segment of the F&B sector thanks to increasingly health conscious Indian consumers. With the government’s around $21.5 billion investment, the functional F&B industry will experience exponential growth. “The key players in the Indian food and beverage market are eagerly searching for new avenues to capitalise on the potential of functional F&B and drive revenue growth. FF&B is the only high-level strategic conference focused on the potential of the functional food and beverages market in India, says the organisers.

Highlights of the conference include:
● Gaining an overview of the functional food and beverages market in India, by Dr V Prakash, Director, CFTRI
● Clarifying the evolving functional F&B regulatory framework, by DBA Narayana, Director, Regulatory Affairs, South Asia, Unilever
● Understanding the impact of changing consumer lifestyles, by Ana A Sinha, Head of Corporate Wellness and Consumer Services, Nestlé
● Supporting the needs of individuals through Omega 3 products development, by Atul Bhatia, Executive Director, Science and Technology, Cadbury’s
● Evaluating the potential of functional F&B for beauty, by Sudhakar Mhaskar, Head Technology, Consumer Products Business, Marico
● Development of bone health products, by Philip Rijken, Head Nutritional Science Europe and Asia-Pacific, DSM Nutritional Products

According to the organisers, the two-day intensive content-rich conference will cover the revenue opportunities, regulatory issues, consumer lifestyle trends and emerging technologies in the fast growing value-added food processing industry.

The event is also supported by Kyowa, MicroChemSilliker, Synthite and Cognis.

For more details Contact: Tel: +91 (0)22 4046 1466 or
Email: conferences@ubmindia.com